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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Liberty and Co. located when it opened in London?
(a) Carnaby Street.
(b) Abbey Road.
(c) Oxford Street.
(d) Regent Street.

2. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?
(a) Boldini's.
(b) Picasso's.
(c) Dali's.
(d) Sargent's.

3. When was A Rebours first translated to English?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1919.

4. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
(a) The National Portrait Gallery.
(b) The Whitney Museum of American Art.
(c) The Guggenheim Museum.
(d) The Jeffrey Parks Art Gallery.

5. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1590.
(c) 1660.
(d) 1620.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?

2. When did Dr. Pozzi receive his doctorate on fistulas of the upper rectum?

3. Who was put on trial for having translated Emile Zola's La Terre to English?

4. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?

5. How old was Dr. Pozzi when he traveled to London with the prince and the count in 1885?

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